Midford Road, Midford, Bath

Description

A very unique proposition here with a former gatekeepers lodge on the beautiful Midford Castle estate. A Grade II listed building with crenellated parapet and offering flexible living accommodation with a separate annex with holiday let potential. All this set on a 0.8 acre plot on the estate with glorious far reaching rural views. Easy access to local amenities and the city centre is just 3 miles distant.
The property will suit a variety of buyers with investors looking at holiday let investment or those looking for a rural pied-a-terre with easy access to the city centre. Alternatively those just looking for a very unique rural setting home on what is a beautiful estate.

Tower Lodge

You approach the estate via a lane from Midford Road and are welcomed by a grand crenellated parapet archway. The wrought iron gates open up and you proceed down the lane and turn left onto the property driveway with parking for numerous vehicles.
You can enter the property into the sitting room or kitchen. Once inside the kitchen is fitted with modern wall and floor units with worktop, inset sink, electric oven and hob with extractor and fridge. A small hallway leads to the bathroom from here. The bathroom is fitted with bath, washbasin and WC. A door leads you into the dining room with tile flooring throughout and feature fireplace with log burner stove. Six steps rise up to the sitting room with solid wooden flooring throughout, door to the front aspect and further stairs to the first floor.

Annex

The annex is a further detached building currently utilised as a garage on the ground floor with accommodation to the first floor accessed via external steps. This accommodation has previously been successfully used as a holiday let and the building offers potential to further develop this offering, if required. To the first floor you find a very good size room with wooden flooring, dual aspect windows and with a shower room with WC to the rear. A balcony area provides beautiful far reaching views across the valley. The garage space offers further accommodation potential and the stairs could always been rebuilt internally.

Externally

The property sits on approx. 0.8 acre plot with the gardens encircling the properties. There is a small outbuilding which is used as a utility room with space and plumbing for washing machine, dryer and freezer. It has a lower level accessed from the rear which can be used for storage alongside a large wood store. From here you have access to the separate annex and the extensive lawned garden area leads you down to a small vegetable planting area. As you walk past this area you enter into a woodland coppice which is a haven for wildlife. There is a sweeping drive from the lane into the property which provides parking for numerous vehicles.

Location

Midford is a quaint Cotswold village approximately 3 miles (5 km) miles south east of Bath. The Cam and Wellow Brooks merge in Midford to form the Midford Brook, which then flows down to join the River Avon close to the village of Monkton Combe.
On the hillside above Midford is Midford Castle a late 18th-century folly castle built in the shape of the ace of clubs. The castle was built in 1775 by Henry Disney Roebuck and provides a regal sight in such wonderful woodland surroundings. To the west of the village is upper Midford. Here in 1995 plans were made to create a new plantation to be known as Millennium wood. In 2000, land between Midford, Southstoke, and Combe Hay was prepared and planted with a variety of native trees and shrubs.

Midford Castle

Midford Castle is a folly castle in the village of Midford, and the parish of Southstoke 3 miles south of Bath city centre.
The castle was built in 1775 for Henry Disney Roebuck from designs by John Carter in the shape of the "clubs" symbol used in playing cards. It has been suggested, originally in a magazine article in 1899, that he asked for the clubs design to represent an ace of clubs because he had obtained the money for the castle from gambling on a card game, but this is unlikely, as the porch which creates the "stem" of the symbol was added later. It is more likely that the layout was taken from an article which had been published in Builder's Magazine in 1774. The house has a sub triangular or trefoil plan formed by 3 semi-circular towers conjoined in a gothic style. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.

Tenure

Freehold

Listing

Grade II

Services

Mains gas, electric, water and drainage.

EPC Rating

Band - G (expired) Ordered.

Council Tax

Band - E

Viewings

This property is marketed by TYNINGS Ltd as a sole agent and viewings are strictly by appointment only. All viewings are accompanied and by prior arrangement.

Disclaimer

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